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Monday, June 16, 2008
State of MLB
Maury asked some heavyweights to offer their opinions. Fun game: read their opinions without reading their names, and try to figure out what kind of person wrote it. Clue: any lead-in that talks about finances is an MLB exec or a reporter (i.e., not the fan position).
When you were a kid and playing ball, was there anything better than playing double-headers and triple-headers? When you were a teenager, weren’t you looking for double-headers from your home team, reasoning you are getting a 2-for-1, plus it’s a great time too? Have you watched Olympic hockey, where you get to watch three action-packed hockey games in six hours? Show of hands please. Yes, that’s what I thought. Me too.
Now, is there anything you dread more than the four-hour Yanks/Sox game on ESPN? Show of hands please. C’mon, I asked for a show of hands. Lift your elbows a bit. No? Nobody?
This is the state of MLB. Its success is measured from the non-fans perspective based on how much money they can get from its customers and advertisers, and how much they can get from public financing. Unless you sell the core of the game, this kind of “success” is not sustainable. Basketball, probably hockey, and soccer naturally, have a larger following (if you include human beings outside of America), even though baseball is such a beautifully perfect game. MLB is not that game yet.
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